Biography 

Ali Abdullah Ali, known as Ali Koresh and Ali Hajar, was born in the city of Erbil in Year 1942. He completed his primary and intermediate studies in Erbil. He was accepted in Year 1957 into the Primary Teachers' Institute in the city of Erbil and graduated from it in Year 1962. He was a member of the founding body of the Kurdistan Teachers Union in Year 1962, and in the same year, he was a Delegate to the First Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union. In Year 1962, he became the responsible for the Erbil branch of the Kurdistan Teachers Union and editor-in-chief of the newspaper (Dangi Mamosta - Voice of the Teacher), and in Year 1962, he assumed the position of editor-in-chief of Rijna magazine.

He headed to the Iranian Kingdom after the setback of Aylul Revolution in Year 1975. In mid-April 1975, he participated in the expanded Warme meeting with the aim of continuing the struggle and sacrifice, but he returned to southern Kurdistan early and was deported to Samawa in southern Iraq. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws from Al-Mustansiriya University in the city of Baghdad.

He was arrested in Year 1983 by the intelligence agency of Saddam Hussein (1937-2006) on charges of his relationship with the Kurdistan Socialist Party and was tortured severely. He was executed in Kirkuk prison on November 24, 1983, and his body was hidden in an unknown location by the Iraqi government authorities. The committee of the Second Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified held a memorial seminar for him on Saturday, April 9, 1994. He was fluent in (Kurdish, Arabic, and English) languages.  

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He joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Students Union in Year 1957. In Year 1958, as a representative of the Kurdistan Students Union in Erbil, he participated in welcoming the leader Mustafa Barzani(1903-1979). He joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Peshmerga Forces in Year 1962. In Year 1963, he became a member of the Erbil local committee affiliated with the Second Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He participated as a representative of the Second Branch Committee in the Mawat meeting in Year 1964, but he did not support the Political Bureau wing and was not opposed to the leader Mustafa Barzani in expressing his opinions. In Year 1974, he was a Delegate to the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In Year 1964, by order of the leader Mustafa Barzani he participated within the delegation consisting of twelve people from the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party negotiating with the Political Bureau wing for the purpose of participating in the congress, but the delegation did not succeed in its mission due to the insistence of the Political Bureau wing not to participate.  

In December Year 1965, he was a member of the committee for collecting donations from the wealthy of the city of Erbil for the Peshmerga forces of Aylul Revolution and he succeeded in that mission. On February 10, 1965, in his capacity as the responsible for the Erbil local committee, he helped Ismail Aziz Mustafa, known as Sheikh Aziz Mulla Aziz, the responsible for the Second Branch local committee, to support the strike of the workers of the city of Erbil in order to pressure the Iraqi government, which was evading the implementation of the June agreement of Year 1966, and the strike ended successfully.

In Year 1965, he became the responsible for the Balk local committee affiliated with the Second Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was a Delegate to the Second Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union in February Year 1966. In mid-Year 1966, he was appointed as a Member of the Central Committee to the Preparatory Committee for the Seventh Congress by the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In Year 1966, he was a Delegate to the 8th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He became the responsible for the Erbil Plain Farmers local committee affiliated with the Second Branch of the Party in Year 1967. In Year 1968, he was a member of the editorial board of (Safeen) magazine, the mouthpiece of the Second Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He participated in the battles of Bestana and Kani Barda in Erbil Governorate in Year 1968. In Year 1970, he became an active member of the Second Branch of the Party within the twelfth team during the period of responsibility of Faris Hamad Bawa (1933-1995), known as Faris Bawa. In Year 1970, he was a member of the Erbil branch of the Kurdistan Writers Union. He was elected as an Alternate Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the 8th Congress of the Party in Year 1970. He was a Delegate to the Third Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union in the village of Nawprdan in Erbil Governorate on August 5, 1970. On September 21, 1970, he became a Delegate to the First Congress of the Kurdistan Islamic Scholars Union in the Galala sub-district of Erbil Governorate. In Year 1970, he was a member of the founding body of the Erbil branch of the Kurdistan Writers Union.  

In late Year 1970, he became for the first time an active member of the Second Branch of the Party and responsible for the Workers and Farmers Department within the twelfth team during the period of responsibility of Faris Hamad Bawa. On May 1, 1971, he delivered the speech of the Second Branch Committee at the International Workers' Day celebration. On August 16, 1971, as a representative of the Second Branch Committee, he participated in the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Erbil Municipality Hall. He was a Delegate to the Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union in the city of Erbil on February 2, 1972. On Saturday, February 5, 1972, he delivered the speech of the Second Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the conference for the elections of the Erbil branch of the Labor Unions. On Thursday, February 10, 1972, he was elected as a member of the administrative body by the Congress Representatives of the First Congress of the Erbil branch of the Kurdish Culture Association. In early Year 1973, he was chosen for the second time for the Second Branch Committee team during the period of responsibility of Muhammad Qadir Ahmed (1934-2019), known as Muhammad Mulla Qadir. In Year 1973, he became an active member of the Third Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On February 1, 1974, he was a Delegate to the Kurdistan Teachers Union conference in the city of Sulaymaniyah. 

In Year 1974, he took on the task of giving lectures on the curriculum, the internal regulations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and its congresses in the sixth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Training School in the village of Zinwe Shekhi in Erbil Governorate. In Year 1974, he was the responsible for the Organization Office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On November 11, 1974, his movable and immovable assets were seized by the Revolutionary Court (the government of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party). In Year 1975, he was a member of the founding body of the Corrective Movement. His opinion was in favor of joining the ranks of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. In Year 1976, he became a member of the founding body of the Kurdistan Socialist Movement. The decision to seize his movable and immovable assets was annulled by order of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council on February 14, 1978. On May 23, 1978, in the city of Baghdad, he met with Karim Husami, a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, with the aim of cooperation and joint work. In Year 1978, he was against fighting with the forces of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and encouraged his comrades to defect from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. 

The radio of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan mentioned him on March 21, 1979, on the first day of his commencement as a militant, which led to him being monitored by Iraqi security institutions. He was arrested in Erbil on April 21, 1979, and was tortured in prison. In Year 1981, he was elected as a Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Socialist Party by the Congress Representatives of the (Unification Conference in Dola Tu). 

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